Camp Springs vs Greenbelt

A side-by-side comparison of Camp Springs and Greenbelt: population, income, housing, and more.

Camp Springs and Greenbelt are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenbelt has the higher population (24,572 vs 22,174 in Camp Springs). Camp Springs has the higher median household income ($115,157 vs $86,352 in Greenbelt). Camp Springs has the higher median home value ($379,500 vs $258,600 in Greenbelt).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
Population	22,174	24,572
Median age	40.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$115,157	$86,352
Median home value	$379,500	$258,600
Median gross rent	$2,175	$1,807
Housing units	8,595	11,007
Homeownership rate	66.8%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
Population	21,841 → 22,174 (+1.5%)	23,219 → 24,572 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$95,484 → $115,157 (+20.6%)	$71,734 → $86,352 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$281,500 → $379,500 (+34.8%)	$227,400 → $258,600 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,023 → $2,175 (+7.5%)	$1,610 → $1,807 (+12.2%)

Camp Springs

Population

21,84122,174

Median household income

$95,484$115,157

Median home value

$281,500$379,500

Median gross rent

$2,023$2,175

Greenbelt

Population

23,21924,572

Median household income

$71,734$86,352

Median home value

$227,400$258,600

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
Under 5	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.7%
75 and over	6.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
White (non-Hispanic)	7.3%	20.7%
Black or African American	76.6%	45.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
No high school diploma	5.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	31.1%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
Drove alone	64.8%	57.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	9.4%
Public transit	7.5%	12.1%
Walked	0.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.1%	14.5%
Other means	2.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
1-unit, detached	64.4%	10.5%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	29.5%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	50.2%
20 or more units	18.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Camp Springs	Greenbelt
Poverty rate	6.5%	18.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1971	1976